MLS rooting guide for Timbers fans: Midweek malaise

Kris LattimoreWednesday night in MLS is many things: some good ol’ midweek matches, the Portland Timbers’ game in hand against pretty much everyone above them in the table, and a chance to do something about the most bizarre stat of the season:

If you had told me back in March that Portland’s season may be coming down to a Wednesday night clash with the seventh place team in the East … Honestly, I might have believed you, because the Timbers never do things the easy way. But it’s still kind of shocking that we’re at this point. The upshot is that Portland still controls its own destiny: If they win their next three, they’re for sure in the playoffs

Of course, some beneficial results from…